Dear Editor,We have greatly enjoyed reading the case report entitled “‘Femoral Condyle Fracture during Revision of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Case Report and a Review of Literature in the issue of Arch Bone Jt Surg. 2015;3(2) with great interest. We would like to commend the authors for their detailed and valuable work. Although various case reports have described postoperative ...

BACKGROUND Loss of proprioceptive function occurs after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture. Clinical, motor, and proprioceptive function is known to improve after ACL reconstruction but does not return to normal. While histological studies of human ACL allografts have been unable to demonstrate mechanoreceptor reinnervation, animal data suggest that reinnervation may occur when an autogra...

Objectives: To identify the preoperative risk factors for revision ACL surgery within first two years after BEAR repair procedure. Methods: Data from prospective I, II, and III trials were used to determine surgery. All subjects with a complete tear (ages between 13-47 years, depending on trial), who passed all other inclusion/exclusion trial criteria, underwent primary procedure 30-50 days inj...

A young female athlete suffered from the residual instability of the knee after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with hamstring autograft. The 3-dimensional (3-D) CT scan showed the "high noon" positioning of the primary femoral bone tunnel. The revision surgery with anatomic double-bundle technique was performed two years after the primary surgery and the femoral tunnels were cr...

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is a commonly performed surgery. Despite the improved technique and understanding of the rehabilitation rationale, the long-term success rate of good or excellent results is 75% to 90%. That leaves 10% to 25% of reconstructed ACLs with unsatisfactory results. Certainly, revision ACL surgery is not required in every patient. It should be individual...

PURPOSE To describe the clinical and preclinical research conducted on primary repair of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during the past 10 years. METHODS A systematic search of PubMed, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Embase was performed for all English-language studies published between 2003 and April 2014 on primary repair of the ACL. RESULTS Twenty-six studi...

Arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is one of the most commonly performed1 and most successful procedures in sports medicine. Various autograft choices have been used for ACL reconstruction,2 and the results in terms of stability and return to sports activities have been good.3 The ideal autograft should have optimal mechanical properties and low donor-site morbidity. T...